APS is a pretty good system. You would think the cameras makers and film makers could improve the 35mm film cassette design. DX happened a long time ago and no improvement beyond that. You would think they would have looked at 35mm and decided that something better could be designed in cameras and the cassette. Of course that would obsolete all of our current 35mm cameras, but that's progress. APS is a pretty good system.
Jim A. > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 18:31:06 -0600 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: APS film -- exposed or not? (was RE: Carry-on inspection of > film -- and an unfortunate incident) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Peifer, William > Subject: RE: APS film -- exposed or not? (was RE: Carry-on > inspection of film -- and an unfortunate incident) > > >> Bill Robb wrote: >> [Everything I always wanted to know about APS processors, and > more. >> Snipped....] >> >> Hi Bill, >> >> Gee, I get the feeling that some of those APS customers really > get in your >> shorts.... ;-) HAR!! > > Must be shortly after our Fireworks Day....... > Regarding the APS system design, to me it shows all the > manifestations of being designed by a commitee with a bad > mandate. The status indicator is fairly easy to see, being a > white indicator inside a black window. Here is a drawing of an > APS cartridge, with some expanatory stuff: > http://www.austral.addr.com/photo-APS/ > > To me, I really don't think it is so much poor eyesight, as just > simple carelessness on the part of the consumer, or over > harriedness on the part of the lab. > The Fuji cartridges have a white stripe with the instructions > printed in black, but the instructions really are very small. My > mid 40's eyes have some problems with making them readable. > OTOH, every camera comes with an owners manual..... > > I think they would have been better to make a 110/126 style film > cartridge, rather than what they came up with, though this would > have obviated the possibility of mid roll film changes. With the > lack of choices in APS (there really is only 4 different films > from Kodak, and Agfa, and 3 from Konica, Fuji and Imation), I > don't think this would have been such a loss. > > William Robb > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
